Tamron 70-210mm F/4 Di VC USD (Model A034)

Tamron’s latest full-frame lens for Canon and Nikon DSLRs gets you a number of portrait-friendly focal lengths in one lens, plus it can focus on objects as close as 37.4 inches with a maximum magnification ratio of 1:3.1—the highest in its class, according to Tamron. The lens maintains a constant f/4 aperture throughout the zoom range and features an internal zoom mechanism.

A pair of Micro Processing units drive autofocusing and help with vibration compensation, which is good to four stops, per CIPA standards. There’s a full-time manual focus override so that shooters can switch to manual focusing even when the lens is set to AF. The lens is weather-resistant and features fluorine coating on the front element to make the lens easier to clean.

Price: $799
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HD Pentax-D FA 50mm F1.4 SDM AW

This weather-sealed lens will be the company’s highest performing full-frame lens to date, able to coax out maximum resolution from high-resolution sensors like the 36-megapixel monster in the K-1 and K-1 Mark II. The 50mm lens will incorporate a new ring-shaped Supersonic Direct-drive motor for faster and quieter autofocusing. It can focus on objects as close as 15.7 inches.

Price: tbd
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Venus Optics 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO

This new 100mm full-frame lens offers a magnification ratio of 2:1 for super tight close-ups. Thanks to its apochromatic design, the lens offers little-to-no chromatic aberration, according to Venus Optics. It’s sold in Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony mounts.

Price: $499
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Rokinon SP 50mm f/1.2

A member of Rokinon’s new premium SP lens line, the 50mm f/1.2 is designed to resolve 50-megapixel images or handle filmmaking resolutions up to 8K, according to Rokinon. It features nine aperture blades that stop down to f/16. The lens can focus on objects as close as 17.7 inches with a magnification of .17x.

Price: $999
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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED

An instant favorite with many Nikon shooters, this is the world’s first 105mm lens with an f/1.4 aperture, according to Nikon. The full-frame (FX format) lens features electromagnetic aperture control for consistent exposures during high-speed shooting. It’s weather-sealed and uses fluorine coatings on the front and rear lens elements to make dirt and moisture easier to wipe away. There’s a nine-blade diaphragm that stops down to f/16 as well as Nikon’s Nano Crystal Coat technology to minimize flare and ghosting.

Price: $2,200
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Tokina Opera 50mm

Tokina’s new Opera series lenses have been built to cope with today’s pixel-packed DSLRs. The first model is a 50mm f/1.4 for full-frame cameras. It features a ring-shaped ultrasonic motor for speedy autofocusing and is weather-sealed. The Nikon version of the 50mm will be Tokina’s first to feature an electric diaphragm for more consistent exposure, especially during continuous shooting.

Price: tbd
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Voigtländer 65mmMacro f/2

This E-mount lens features an aperture range from f/2-22 with ten aperture blades for bokeh-rich portraits. It can focus on objects as close as 12.2 inches from the front of the lens with a magnification ratio of 1:2. While it’s a manual lens, it has electronic contacts that will transmit EXIF data to your Sony camera and will support functions like focus assist, five-axis image stabilization and automatic lens corrections.

Price: $999
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Meyer Optik Goerlitz Nocturnus 75mm

There are fast lenses and then there’s the Nocturnus. This 75mm has an aperture range of f/0.96-16 and 15 aperture blades to bring the bokeh. It’s available in Leica M and TL, Sony E and Fuji X mounts and is a manual lens.

Price: $3,999
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Lensbaby Velvet 85mm

Velvet may no longer be the fabric of choice for anyone besides Walt Clyde Frazier, but it’s an aesthetic you can still channel optically with this 85mm lens. Shoot the Velvet 85mm at f/4 and wider (all the way to f/1.8, its widest setting) and you’ll get a “velvety glow” in the areas of the frame that are out of focus. Stop down the lens’s 12 aperture blades and the effect will disappear, leaving you with a film-like look. You can focus on objects as close as 9.5 inches from the front of the lens. The full-frame, manual- focus lens is available for Canon, Nikon, Sony A and E, Pentax K, Micro Four Thirds and Fuji X mounts.

Price: $500
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Panasonic Leica DG VARIO-ELMARIT 50-200mm / F2.8-4.0 ASPH

Panasonic’s newest telephoto is built to take a licking (metaphorically please!) and keep on ticking. The lens delivers a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 100-400mm in a dust-, splash- and freeze-proof design. Beyond its rugged exterior, the lens uses Panasonic’s Nano Surface coating to reduce flare and ghosting. The 50-200mm has a built-in image stabilization system and is compatible with Panasonic camera bodies that support the company’s dual stabilization technology (where the lens and camera body stabilizer work in tandem to deliver a sharper image). It uses an inner focus drive system and a micro-step drive system for aperture control.

Price: $1,700
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Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.2 PRO

This 90mm-equivalent lens produces a “feathered bokeh” when shooting with a shallow depth-of-field, according to Olympus. It features Z Coating Nano technology to reduce flare and ghosting and is dust-, splash- and freeze-proof (down to 14°F/-10°C). A programmable L-Fn button lets you access lens and camera settings with a touch while a manual focus clutch lets you switch between auto and manual focusing by pulling the focusing ring toward the camera body. The 45mm f/1.2 has a minimum focusing distance of 50cm with a magnification of .1x. It also boasts nine aperture blades that stop down to f/16.

Price: $1,200
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Canon EF 85mmf/1.4 IS USM

As Canon’s first EF 85mm lens with image stabilization, the 85mm f/1.4 offers up to four stops of shake correction, per CIPA standards. The lens has nine aperture blades and full-time manual focus override. It’s weather-sealed with fluorine coating on the front lens element to make it easier to clean. It can focus on objects as close as 33.5 inches.

Price: $1,599
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Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH

Fashioned for the company’s SL full-frame mirrorless camera, the new 75mm is the beneficiary of new, “state-of-the-art, extremely precise manufacturing methods and measuring technologies that were developed specifically for the production” of new SL lenses, according to Leica. Autofocusing is driven by a new Dual Syncro Drive stepping motor system that can travel the entire focusing range in 250 milliseconds, Leica says. The lens has an apochromatic design to minimize chromatic aberration and stops down to f/22. The 75mm f/2 lens can focus on objects as close as 19.7 inches with a magnification of 1:5.

Price: $4,750
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Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

The new 105mm f/1.4 full-frame lens is packed with more lens elements to keep optical aberrations to a minimum and ensure the lens delivers razor sharpness and pleasing bokeh when shooting wide open. The 105mm is dust- and weather- proof, and the front lens element is coated to make it easier to clean. It has nine rounded aperture blades that stop down to f/16. The lens hood is made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic instead of ABS plastic, and there’s a removable Arca-Swiss tripod collar. It will be sold in Sony, Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts.

Price: $1,599
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Sony FE 100mm F/2.8 STF GM OSS

Featuring Optical SteadyShot image stabilization and a Smooth Trans Focus optic for creating bokeh when shooting wide open, the 100mm has been built to accommodate Sony’s high-resolution camera bodies. It uses a Direct Drive SSM for fast, quiet autofocusing and can focus on subjects as close as 22 inches from the front of the lens. It sports 11 aperture blades and stops down to f/20.

Price: $1,500
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Zeiss Batis 2.8/135

Available for Sony E-mount cameras, the Batis 135mm offers built-in optical image stabilization and an OLED display that reads off lens settings. Its metal housing is weather-sealed and, according to Zeiss, has an optical construction that ensures “virtually no image errors.” The Batis 135mm supports autofocus, stops down to f/22 and can focus on objects as close as 2.9 feet.

Price: $1,999
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Fujinon XF50MM F2 R WR

For Fuji’s X-series of APS-C mirrorless cameras, the XF50mm lens delivers a 35mm equivalent of a 76mm focal length. It’s weather-sealed and offers an inner focusing system. Autofocus is driven by a quiet stepping motor and there are aperture and focusing rings on the lens’s metal body. There are nine aperture blades that stop down to f/16. You can focus on objects as close as 39cm from the front of the lens with a magnification of .15x.

Price: $450
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